Wikileaks: Pentagon logs show how British troops repeatedly came under 'friendly fire'

The Wikileaks' files reveal that British forces were attacked in error on at least 11 occasions.

In one incident, a commando with the Royal Marines was shot and wounded while, on another occasion at night, US troops, who had no night vision goggles and were listening to their iPods, began firing on a British patrol.

On October 29 2004, a commando with the Royal Marines was 'engaged by friendly fire' after being shot at mistakenly by US Military Police, whose own vehicle had broken down in the middle of the road.

It states that the commando sustained injuries but does not detail what those were nor how seriously injured he was.

In another incident on 27 February 2004, three British vehicles driving close to the Kuwait border were threatened by a US soldier armed with a .50 calibre machine gun, who was in a vehicle ahead of them in a convoy.

The log suggests the American threatened to shoot the British who had tried to overtake the American patrol vehicle.

An intelligence report written by the British but passed to the Americans stated: "There was sufficient daylight for the US convoy to clearly see the British military number plates on the vehicles."

It went on: "The British convoy attempted to get close to and pass the US convoy a total of three times and was threatened in the same way each time."

Just five months later, on 20 July 2004, a US convoy actually opened fire on British vehicles trying to overtake in the same area.

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In another incident on 27 February 2004, three British vehicles driving close to the Kuwait border were threatened by a US soldier armed with a .50 calibre machine gun, who was in a vehicle ahead of them in a convoy.

The log suggests the American threatened to shoot the British who had tried to overtake the American patrol vehicle.

An intelligence report written by the British but passed to the Americans stated: "There was sufficient daylight for the US convoy to clearly see the British military number plates on the vehicles."

It went on: "The British convoy attempted to get close to and pass the US convoy a total of three times and was threatened in the same way each time."

Just five months later, on 20 July 2004, a US convoy actually opened fire on British vehicles trying to overtake in the same area.